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..~*=&¤### IN THE DEPTHS OF MAY. ###¤&=*~..
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..~*&¤¶### IMAGINE IF YOU WILL, A LUSH BLUEBERRY ###¶¤&*~..
.....**&¶# SPRUCE FOREST, WITH ROLLING HILLS AND #¶&**.....
..~*=&¤¶## KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH. ##¶¤&=*~..
....~~~*&¤ ¤&*~~~....
..~*=&¤¶## THE GROUND IS SOFT. LEAVES IN ALL OF ##¶¤&=*~..
......~*&¶ THE SEVEN STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION ARE ¶&*~......
..~*=&¤¶## PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES ##¶¤&=*~..
....~*&¤¤¤ THERE ARE ROCKS. BIGGER BOULDERS PEEK ¤¤¤&*~....
......*&&¤ OUT OF THE HILLS. ¤&&*......
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..~*=&¤¶¶# THERE COULD BE, SOMEWHERE IN THE DEPTHS #¶¶¤&=*~..
.......~=¤ OF IT ALL, A CREVICE FILLED WITH WATER. ¤=~.......
.....~*=&¶ BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING ¶&=*~.....
..~*===&¤¤ THEIR LONG FINGERS BENEATH THE SURFACE. ¤¤&===*~..
.......~=¤ WATER LILIES, MAYBE. THE WATER IS ¤=~.......
..~*=&¤¶## YELLOW-GREEN WITH POLLEN, AND INSECTS ##¶¤&=*~..
......~=¤¤ ARE SWARMING ABOVE THE SURFACE. ¤¤=~......
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...~~~*=&¶ WATER STRIDERS, MOSQUITOS, ¶&=*~~~...
..~*=&¤### BACK FLIES, CRANE FLIES. ###¤&=*~..
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..~*=&¤¤¶# IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, #¶¤¤&=*~..
..~*=&¤¶## OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. ##¶¤&=*~..
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..~*=&¤¶## DEET SHOULD BE APPLIED TO YOUR SKIN. ##¶¤&=*~..
..~*=&¤¶## YOU SHOULD COVER ALL SKIN THAT IS TO BE ##¶¤&=*~..
..~*=&¤¶## EXPOSED TO AIR. IT'S OK TO GET SOME IN ##¶¤&=*~..
..~*=&¤¶## THE EYES. RUB UNTIL IT FEELS RIGHT, ##¶¤&=*~..
..~*=&¤¶## UNTIL THE SKIN FEELS GOOD. LET IT SOAK ##¶¤&=*~..
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..~*==&&&¶ YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS. ¶&&&==*~..
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